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Persia Lou

Creative. Crafty. Fun.

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How to Make a Styrofoam Head Planter

Learn how to make a DIY head planter using a styrofoam head! This project is super easy and creates a beautiful, one of a kind planter. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Thanks! Hello Hello! I have a super fun project to share with you all today. Let's make ourselves a funky head-shaped planter! Sound fun? I made this planter after FloraCraft sent me a bunch of foam heads and gave me the challenge of getting creative with them. Since we moved into our new home, I have been looking for fun and colorful decor for my daughter's new room. I knew one of those foam heads could totally become a fun piece for her room. I ended up creating a planter (or really more like plant holder or plant stand) and painted it a bright ... [Read More]

November 20, 2020 1:00 pm Alexis Middleton Filed Under: Craft

DIY Faux Bone Inlay Box

Learn how to get the look of beautiful bone inlay using Oven Bake Clay and Liquid Sculpey! Use this fun technique to create beautifully intricate designs. I will walk you through the process with my step-by-step video tutorial. A big thank you to Sculpey for sponsoring this project! I am really excited to share this project with you all today! I have been playing around with a new-to-me product and just having a lot of fun with it. Liquid Sculpey is a liquid version of bakeable polymer clay that is super versatile and opens up so many crafting possibilities! You can bake Liquid Sculpey in silicone molds to create custom shapes and cabochons, or use it to create colorful window clings, and accents for other clay projects. When I saw that Liquid Sculpey can be used as grout in ... [Read More]

September 24, 2020 6:05 am Alexis Middleton Leave a Comment Filed Under: Craft

Dark Teal Bedroom Reveal

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This post has been sponsored by KILZ®. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Come tour our new beautiful and moody dark teal bedroom! I love our new bedroom, and I think those dark walls make all the difference! If you have been considering a dark bedroom, I hope this post will give you some ideas and inspiration. I am so excited to share a little bit of my new favorite room in our home with you all! Today, I am talking about bringing in some major color and major mood to our home decor. Most of our home is painted white, and I still love white walls, but lately I have been craving more color. For our bedroom I have really been wanting to create a space that's a little bit dark and moody. This is what the room looked like before: Mostly, it was big white box. I had ... [Read More]

February 26, 2019 9:47 am Alexis Middleton 8 Comments Filed Under: Home Decor

DIY Magnetic Print Hanger with Gorilla Glue Brush Nozzle + Giveaway!

colorful diy magnetic print hangers

Learn how to make your own DIY Magnetic Print Hangers! These simple art hangers are a fun and effortless way to display your favorite art and posters. You can easily customize them to fit the style of your home and the size of your art. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Gorilla Glue Company. All opinions are 100% mine. I'm really excited to share this fun little project with you all today! I don't know about you guys, but I feel like I can always use more frames for my art and more art on my walls. These DIY magnetic print hangers are a great solution that make it super easy to get more art up on your walls! I really love this project because you can make the hangers in any size you need and stain or paint them to be any color to match your art and ... [Read More]

September 12, 2018 9:33 am Alexis Middleton 6 Comments Filed Under: Craft, Home Decor

DIY Terrazzo Planter with Oven Bake Clay

diy terrazzo planter

Loving the terrazzo trend? You can easily add some modern style to your home with this simple DIY clay terrazzo planter! This simple project is a lot of fun to make and has a beautiful, luxe look. My video tutorial will walk you through each step to make your own clay terrazzo planter. A big thank you to Sculpey for sponsoring this post! You guys. I am so excited with the way this little project turned out, and I can't wait to share it with you all! Are you guys on board with the terrazzo trend? I'm still not sure if I'm sold on it for flooring yet (it still kind of makes me think of institutional buildings from the 80's), but I love it in smaller doses like on a coffee table or on my awesome new little planters. Aren't they cute?? It is actually really easy to get the look ... [Read More]

September 5, 2018 6:14 am Alexis Middleton 5 Comments Filed Under: Craft

DIY Brushstroke Monograms

DIY brushstroke letter art project

Add a punch of color and texture to your home decor with this fun and simple DIY art project! This photo tutorial will teach you how to easily transform canvas letters into vibrant brushstroke monograms. I originally shared this project at Crafts Unleashed, and it may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you.  Guys. I love me some paper. And I love me some yarn. But... there is just something about paint. Especially when it comes in big, thick brushstrokes and globs. Oh, baby. It just makes my heart happy. Know what I mean? This little DIY art project embraces that love of paint and is all about showing off those strokes. I really tried to capture that thick, impasto painting feeling on some canvas letters to create some colorful home ... [Read More]

August 14, 2018 1:32 pm Alexis Middleton 2 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Apply Heat Transfer Vinyl on Wood for DIY Wood Signs

how to apply heat transfer vinyl to wood for simple diy wood signs

Learn how to apply heat transfer vinyl on wood with this video tutorial! HTV (or Iron On Vinyl) makes it so easy to make beautiful DIY wood signs with your Silhouette or Cricut. This post may contain affiliate links, which allow me to earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Psst - If you are new to working with vinyl, check out my Vinyl 101: Beginner's Guide to Cutting Vinyl. I have an exciting little announcement to share today! My friend Colleen of Lemon Thistle and I have teamed up for a new video series that we are calling Silhouette vs. Cricut! The idea is that we will take on a challenge of a new type of material or themed project or cutting technique, and then we will both make something using our respective cutting machines! I'm Team Silhouette, of ... [Read More]

February 7, 2018 11:07 pm Alexis Middleton 44 Comments Filed Under: Craft

DIY Modern Faux Plaster Vase

Make a modern black and white vase using foam! Click through for instructions.

Thanks to Make it: Fun Crafts for sponsoring this post! This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for supporting Persia Lou. :) This is my fourth month participating in the Make It: Fun Crafts Team Challenge, and this month was a doozy. Each month we get a box of foam and a theme to guide our crafting. So far, I've made a woven blanket wreath, mini fruit piñatas, and a kids rocket ship craft. I really enjoy these challenges because they push me outside a little outside my comfort zone, and so far I have been able to come up with something I like without too much of a struggle. But this month really stumped me at first. We were given a bunch of FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Foam cones in different sizes and were challenged to come up with a summery home decor project. Cones at Christmas ... [Read More]

June 26, 2015 12:21 pm Alexis Middleton 9 Comments Filed Under: Craft

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